Sentence: A ninja always maintains cognizance, remaining totally aware of his surroundings at all times.
Literary Terms:
6. Irony: A contrast or an incongruity between what is stated and what is really meant, or between what is expected to happen and what actually does happen. Two kinds of irony are: 1) verbal irony, in which a writer or speaker says one thing and means something entirely different; and 2) dramatic irony in which a reader or audience member perceives something that a character in the story does not
7. Understatement: Expressing an idea with less emphasis or in a lesser degree than is the actual case. The opposite of hyperbole. Understatement is employed for ironic emphasis.
Example: Last week I saw a woman flay'd, and you will hardly believe how much it altered her person for the worse. --Swift
8. Hyperbole: exaggeration or overstatement.
Example: I'm so hungry I could eat a horse. He's as big as a house"
9. Juxtaposition: The arrangement of two or more ideas, characters, actions, settings, phrases, or words side-by-side or in similar narrative moments for the purpose of comparison, contrast, rhetorical effect, suspense, or character development.
Example: Romeo and Tybalt share many of the same qualities but Shakespeare pairs them in order to highlight their contrasting characterisitcs.
10. Tone: The writer's attitude toward his readers and his subject; his mood or moral view. A writer can be formal, informal, playful, ironic, and especially, optimistic or pessimistic.
1. Clud: shut
2. Tude: state of
3. Man: hand
4. Fide: faith
5. Gnosi: know
Literary Terms:
6. Irony: A contrast or an incongruity between what is stated and what is really meant, or between what is expected to happen and what actually does happen. Two kinds of irony are: 1) verbal irony, in which a writer or speaker says one thing and means something entirely different; and 2) dramatic irony in which a reader or audience member perceives something that a character in the story does not
7. Understatement: Expressing an idea with less emphasis or in a lesser degree than is the actual case. The opposite of hyperbole. Understatement is employed for ironic emphasis.
- Example: Last week I saw a woman flay'd, and you will hardly believe how much it altered her person for the worse. --Swift
8. Hyperbole: exaggeration or overstatement.9. Juxtaposition: The arrangement of two or more ideas, characters, actions, settings, phrases, or words side-by-side or in similar narrative moments for the purpose of comparison, contrast, rhetorical effect, suspense, or character development.
10. Tone: The writer's attitude toward his readers and his subject; his mood or moral view. A writer can be formal, informal, playful, ironic, and especially, optimistic or pessimistic.